Car-free cities: The Ripa di Meana study

“the car-free city costs between two and five times less”

Based on these observations, Carlo RIPA di MEANA, the EuropeanEnvironment Commissioner, has had a study carried out on car-free citiesin an attempt to find the answer to the following question: Is itpossible, and if so to what extent, to conceive of a city which willoperate more efficiently than the type of cities we have at present,using alternative means of transport to the private car?The answer provided by the study is positive, even in purely financialterms: the car-free city costs between two and five times less (thecosts varying depending on the population density of the city).